Activity of rock climbing has been known to the public for a long time even traditional societies, they do climb in order to find the source of life or protection, especially the coastal areas and karst areas to look for bird nests or springs. But they did not use standardized systems and procedures as in the sport of rock climbing so that the safety factor and the level of risk faced by extremely high.
Rock climbing in the first known European continent precisely in the region of the Alps before World War I. Country in early 1910, Austria introduced the use of the equipment used to support activities such as rock climbing carabiner (the ring hook) and pythons (climbing spikes) which was then made of steel. And started from where the climbers from Austria and Germany began to develop tools and techniques of this sport. As time progressed, many sports equipment have innovation, especially in the materials of manufacture, test the force of its appeal, practicality of use of safety equipment and